what are the most playoff ppg by a rookie in celtics history

Tom Heinsohn has averaged the most points per game by a Celtics rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 22.9 per game in 1956-57.

NAME PPG SEASON TM GP MPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
22.9
1956-57
BOS BOS
10
37.0
11.7
2.0
9.0
23.1
39.0
4.9
6.9
71.0
43.8
370
229
117
20
40
2 Larry Bird
L. Bird
21.3
1979-80
BOS BOS
9
41.3
11.2
4.7
1.6
0.9
9.2
19.7
46.9
0.4
1.7
26.7
2.4
2.8
88.0
51.1
2.4
8.8
3.7
372
192
101
42
14
8
33
30
3 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
18.5
2017-18
BOS BOS
19
35.9
4.4
2.7
1.2
0.5
6.5
13.7
47.1
1.2
3.7
32.4
4.3
5.1
84.5
57.8
0.5
3.8
2.2
683
351
83
52
23
10
41
50
+51
4 Brian Shaw
B. Shaw
17.0
1988-89
BOS BOS
3
41.3
5.7
6.3
1.0
0.0
7.3
14.3
51.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.3
3.0
77.8
54.3
0.7
5.0
2.0
124
51
17
19
3
0
6
11
5 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
14.0
1950-51
BOS BOS
2
7.5
6.0
4.5
21.0
21.4
5.0
6.0
83.3
29.6
28
15
12
8
6 Bill Russell
B. Russell
13.9
1956-57
BOS BOS
10
40.9
24.4
3.2
5.4
14.8
36.5
3.1
6.1
50.8
39.8
409
139
244
32
41
7 Dee Brown
D. Brown
12.2
1990-91
BOS BOS
11
25.8
4.1
3.7
1.0
0.5
4.8
9.8
49.1
0.0
0.5
0.0
2.5
3.1
82.4
54.5
0.8
3.3
2.0
284
134
45
41
11
6
22
32
8 Mike Bloom
M. Bloom
12.0
1947-48
BOS BOS
3
0.7
3.7
14.0
26.2
4.7
6.3
73.7
35.7
36
2
10
9 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
11.8
1962-63
BOS BOS
11
23.1
4.8
1.5
5.1
11.4
44.8
1.6
2.5
66.7
47.5
254
130
53
17
28
10 Frank Ramsey
F. Ramsey
10.7
1954-55
BOS BOS
7
22.0
5.0
2.3
4.0
7.7
51.9
2.7
3.7
73.1
57.3
154
75
35
16
27
11 Marcus Smart
M. Smart
9.8
2014-15
BOS BOS
4
22.5
2.8
1.3
0.3
0.3
3.5
7.3
48.3
0.8
3.3
23.1
2.0
3.8
53.3
54.8
1.3
1.5
1.0
90
39
11
5
1
1
4
12
-51
12 Jim Loscutoff
J. Loscutoff
9.7
1955-56
BOS BOS
3
29.7
8.7
1.3
3.7
10.3
35.5
2.3
3.0
77.8
41.5
89
29
26
4
8
13 Saul Mariaschin
S. Mariaschin
9.7
1947-48
BOS BOS
3
0.3
3.3
14.0
23.8
3.0
4.7
64.3
30.1
29
1
12
14 Tom Sanders
T. Sanders
8.9
1960-61
BOS BOS
10
21.6
8.4
0.7
3.7
7.5
49.3
1.5
2.4
62.5
52.0
216
89
84
7
42
15 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
8.5
1980-81
BOS BOS
17
17.4
3.5
0.8
0.2
1.5
3.6
6.6
54.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.1
63.9
56.3
1.7
1.8
0.9
296
145
59
14
4
25
15
51
16 Bob Donham
B. Donham
6.5
1950-51
BOS BOS
2
4.0
1.0
2.0
4.5
44.4
2.5
6.0
41.7
45.5
13
8
2
9
17 Dick Hemric
D. Hemric
6.3
1955-56
BOS BOS
3
18.0
7.3
0.3
1.7
8.0
20.8
3.0
5.3
56.3
30.6
54
19
22
1
7
18 Al Jefferson
A. Jefferson
6.1
2004-05
BOS BOS
7
19.4
6.4
0.3
0.6
1.1
2.4
5.9
41.5
0.0
0.0
1.3
1.7
75.0
46.5
2.4
4.0
0.6
136
43
45
2
4
8
4
16
+24
19 Togo Palazzi
T. Palazzi
5.8
1954-55
BOS BOS
5
6.0
2.8
0.2
2.4
4.8
50.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
51.1
30
29
14
1
7
20 Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
5.0
2016-17
BOS BOS
17
12.6
2.1
0.8
0.4
0.1
2.0
4.2
47.9
0.3
1.4
21.7
0.7
1.1
66.7
53.9
0.7
1.4
0.8
215
85
36
13
6
2
13
26
-25
21 Marcus Banks
M. Banks
5.0
2003-04
BOS BOS
4
15.0
1.8
1.8
0.5
0.3
1.8
4.0
43.8
0.5
1.3
40.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
56.3
0.3
1.5
0.8
60
20
7
7
2
1
3
9
-22
22 Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
5.0
1981-82
BOS BOS
10
12.9
1.3
1.1
0.2
0.1
1.9
4.5
42.2
0.2
0.4
50.0
1.0
1.3
76.9
49.3
0.6
0.7
1.1
129
50
13
11
2
1
11
21
23 Chuck Cooper
C. Cooper
5.0
1950-51
BOS BOS
2
6.5
1.5
2.0
6.0
33.3
1.0
2.5
40.0
35.2
10
13
3
8
24 Terry Rozier
T. Rozier
4.8
2015-16
BOS BOS
5
19.8
3.4
1.2
0.2
0.6
1.8
4.6
39.1
0.8
2.2
36.4
0.4
0.4
100.0
50.3
0.6
2.8
0.4
99
24
17
6
1
3
2
5
-26
25 J.R. Bremer
J.R. Bremer
4.7
2002-03
BOS BOS
10
14.7
1.5
1.2
0.3
0.0
1.6
5.6
28.6
0.8
3.2
25.0
0.7
0.8
87.5
39.5
0.0
1.5
0.8
147
47
15
12
3
0
8
12
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